Ecology Chapter 5-1

There are 150 cacti plants per square kilometer in a certain area of an Arizona desert.  To which population characteristic does this information refer?

• Growth Rate
• Age Structure
• Geographic Distribution
• Population Density

A J-shaped curve on a graph is also called what type of growth?

• Density Dependent
• Exponential growth
• Logistic growth
• Density independent

What type of growth model is shown in image A?

• Exponential

• Logistic

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What type of growth model is shown in image B?

• Exponential

• Logistic

What point on the graph represents carrying capacity?

• a

• b

• c

• d

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Which choice most closely approximates the deer population's carrying capacity based on the graph?

• 100

• 80

• 60

• 10

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Which mathematical model most closely describes the population growth curve shown in deer population graph from the previous question?

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

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Which population growth model most closely describes the human population in the modern age?

• logistic growth

• exponential growth

• upward growth

• tumor growth

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What factor describes when populations increase because animals are moving into a population?

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?

• Emigration
• Limiting Factors
• Immigration
• Exponential Growth

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